Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 11, 1895, Page 5

GOOD TEMPLARS 1N SESSION Annval Gathering of the Grand Lodge Meets | 1coking tramp lo. at Lincoln, ROUTINE BUSINESS OCCUPIES THE DAY % of the Kansas— nily Dr. Mann of Brooklyn T Order's rity in Evening Call Caxe ¥ on for Henring. LINCOLN, women were beavers at ates to the Oct, at work all O streot. 10.—(Special.)—Men and day as busy a They were dele- M. Saunders, grand chief templa; The chairs of other officials were follows: Grand counselor, A. G. barger; grand V. T., Miss Rose Owens of Bloomington; P. G. C. T., William VanBuren; grand secretary, Emma J. Hedges of Lincoln; G. 8 J. T, Mrs. 8. K. Long of Madison; grand chaplain, J L. Mack; grand treasurer. Robert L. Bailey of O grand superintendent, Miss Theresa Schock; grand marshal, William McLain of Alblon; G. D. M fille Wolten- 3. Hedges; grand sentinel, Sam grand massenger, Lee Forby, Omaba. The morning session was devoted to hear- ing the report of the committeo on creden- tials and the appointment of various stand ing committees for the ensuing year. Early this_morning Dr. D. H. Mann of Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived on the Rock Island from Topeka, Kan. He said that the grand lodge of Kangas, from which he had just come, was in a flourishing condition, showlng an in- crease of 611 members for the year recently closed, The debt which had been hanging over the order in that state had been paid in full. Dr. Mann is 63 years of age and has been engaged over twenty years In Good Templar work. At the reception tonight he responded briefly, but will speak at length in St. Paul's church tomorrow evening. In the federal court today Judge Shiras sustained a demurrer in the cass of William Stull_and Otto A. Mohrenstecher against Ed- gar M. Westervelt, receiver of the defunct Citizens National bank of Grand Island. In this case the relators asked that the receiver be enjoined from prosecuting a suit againgt them to recover $10,000 from them as bonds- men for ex-Cashier George Mohrenstecher, who Is said to have loaned himself $10,000 of the bank's funds. As per stipulation, the case of the Western Union Telegraph com- pany against the city of Hastings was dis- missed. This morning Judge Holmes in district court took up the long pending application of the creditors of the Evening Call of this city for a receiver, and now has the matter under advisement. Kditor Austin, at present in charge; W. Morton Smith, the partuer in the paper, who is anxious for the appoint- ment of a receiver; J. D, Calhoun, who has a $3,500 interest in the plant .as a balance for the original purchase seven years ago by Bushnell & Cox, and the Carpenter Paper company of Omaha, are the parties chiefly interested, and are represented by attorneys. Morton Smith on the stand gave a history of the paper from the time he became con- nected with it. He said each partner put $1.600 into the concern and assumed debts of the old company. From the first the paper hnd steadily lost money. He figured the labilities at the present time at $22,000. As an offset to this ther» is a plant estimated to be worth from $7,000 to $10,000, on which there 1s a chattel mortgage or trust deed for $10,000, partly held by C. A. Hanna and partly by Mr. Frease, father-in-law of Austin, Thbe defense contends that thess are obligations of the individual partners and not of the company, and says the paper Is making more than expenses. Tt appears that the Lincoln attorneys who expressed the bellef that the marriage of Eimer E. Bills to the divorced wife of Nor- ris Humphrey was illegal were In error s questioning the validity of the divorce from Humphrey. The costs were pald and the decree issued to the plaintiff, but the clerk of the court omitted to record the payment of the costs on the appearance docket, and this fact gave rise o the assumption that no decree had been officially issued. Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell —Carl D. Ruther, R. Dickens, F. E. Van At Tjams; Buskirk. At the Capital—H. A. Jones. the Lincoln—C. H. Balliet and wife, John F. Dale. SCHOOL WORKERS TO CONSULT. LINCOLN, Oct, 10.—(Special.)—The Ne- braska State Association of Superintendents and Principals will meet Friday afternoon at the office of the state superintendent, H. R. Corbett, for a two days' session. There will be a reception and social at 7 p. m., and a superintendents’ section will be held in the supreme court room at 8 o'clock. At 2:30 Triday afternoon at the Lindell hotel parlors there will be round-table discussions, Viee President D. C. O'Connor presiding. This will be participated in by B. G. Moulton York; William Reece, Falls City; W. J. Wil- liams, Columbus, and E. D. Stewart, Utica, At the supreme court room in the evening the topic of “The Successful Superintendent’ will be discussed by Superintendents C. G. Pearse, Omaha; Dan Miller, Fremont, and J. F. Saylor, Lincoln. At 9 o'clock p. m Prot. C. H. Thurbr of Chicago university will deliver an address on ““The High School Problem.” Misccllaneous business will lead the program at the Lindell parlors Satur- day morning, followed by election of officers, reports of speclal committees, comprising Superintendents W. H. Skinner, Nebraska City; J. W. Crabtree, Ashland; H. R. Cor- bett, Lincoln, and C. M. Pinkerton, Fairbury. State Superintendent Corbett commends to the careful attention of ail persons inter- ested in educational matters a circular on the subject of Library day. For Nebraska publio schools Library day has been set for Monday, October 21. A suggestion is made for the teacher: “'One of the ways is to prepare a program in which teacher, children und some of the patrons take part. Another is a program in Which every family represented in the school Ppresents a story, an essay, a recitation, a declamation, or something for the entertain- ment of the people of the community who are invited for the evening. A third is for the teacher to prepare a talk or Igeture on the books selected for the pupils’ reading course by the Reading Circlo board and give this on the evening of Library day to as many, old and young, as can be Induced to come. A fourth plan Is to give out five or six of the Puplls’ Reading circle books to a number of the most earnest and intelligent men and women (one to each) in the district on edu- cational matters and ask esch to make an eight or ten minute talk on ‘What T found in the book for the children.” These talks with musie by the school, or by some of the peo- ple of the community, in connection with the talk of the teacher. would formr a pleasant and profitable evening. Ask the school au- thorities to buy a part or all of the set s- lected by the Reading Circle board for the pupils, as the needs of the school and the ability of the district may demand The members of the Reading Circle board are ready to ald in any way within their power. Questions may be addressed to any one on the board, which consists of J. A. Beattie, Bethany, Neb., president; H. R. Cor- bett, Lincoln: A. A. Reed, Crete, Neb.; J. A. Collins, Fremont, Neb.; Mrs. B. W. Ed- wards, Lincoln, Neb. Ghost Story Was Ne Defense, WAHOO, Neb, Oct. 10.—(Special.)—A @ivorce was granted Peter Larson from his wife, Maria. This case was peculiar in its nature. The grounds of divorce were de- sertion. Mrs. Larson claimed that the house in which herself and husband lived was haunted. She refused to live among ghosts and goblins aud her husband refused to pur- chase another house, hence the trouble. The court could not see its way clear to take any stock in ghost stories, however, and &ranted Larson a divoree, Mrs. Stella Dodds also come into court and asked a divorcs from her husband, James Dodds. The court rendered a decree of di- for the plaintiff. tore Rob » Oct. 10.—(Special Tele- Kram.)—Last night the store of Abbot & Kimball of Big Spri was broken into and séveral dollurs worth of clothing and cigars CHAPPELL, Nel Roger Dickens of Omaha; grand guard, | | buila | | as yet to find the clothing. THE OMAIIA DAILY BE wolen; alwn several dollars worth of pennies from the postofice, which is In the same € Word was at ouce dispatched to the of the difteront towne along the raflroad Deputy Sterift Fish found a suspicious ng about the depot at this place this morning and at once teok bim In charge. Searching bim he found many pennies in his pocket, but has been unable A warrant was at once sworn out for his arrest, charging him with burglary, and he was locked up in Jail at this place pending his trial this after- noon, office and IS ON FIL Cane Agninst Secretary of State Piper Docketed. LINCOLN, Oct. 10.—(Special)—The of Charles J. Phelps, free silver democrat candidate for supreme judge, against Secre- tary of State Piper was flled in the clerk's office of the supreme court today and dock- eted. It will be heard the 15th inst Contrary to published statements, the case was not docketed yesterday on a telegram from Justice Post, as Clerk of the Supreme Court Campbell says he received no such telegram. The petit of Plaintift Pheips sets up substantially the same alleged facts which are iu the stipulation, that Secretary of State Plper refuses to sign, and which were published In The Beo of Wednesday morning. Plaintiff claims that he is the only legal democratic candidate for supreme judge, and that the pretensions of Mr. T. J. Mahcney are purely fictitious, as are, also, those of the candidates for regents, Messrs John H. Ames and W. S. Ashby. The tition insists that the secretary of state will do a great wrong if he aliows the names of these parties to go on the ticket as * mo- nominees, and claims that the nom- of the Omaha convention of August 12, o the real democratic candidates for o Judge and regents of the State uni- Plaintift prays for a restraining or- der to prevent the secretary of state from placing the nomineees of the Lincoln con- vention on the ticket as democrat case on JUDGE RAMSEY THEIR CHOICE. Demoeratic Judiclal Convention at Nebraska Clty Selects a Candidate, NEBRASKA CITY, Oct. 10.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The democratic judicial convention met here today to agaln attempt to nominate a candidate for district judge, and this time was successful, nominating Judge Ramsey of Plattsmouth on the fifty-ninth ballot. Chair- man Patterson called the conventiou to order, and after casting fifty-eight ballots the vote still stood 19 for Ramsey and 19 for Hayden. The Otoe county delegation then held a conference, and upon request of Hayden gave their entire vote to Ramsey on the fifty-ninth ballot, giving him thirty-eight votes, * Hon. Matthew Gering then moved that the nomination be made unanimous, which was done. It is understood that Ramsey will be endorsed by the populists, they not having put a nominee in the fleld, presumably preferring to endorse the demo- cratic nominee, GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 10.—(Special Telagram.)—The democratic judicial conven- tion for the Eleventh district was held here today. Two factions made an interesting fight. On supported Judge Thompson of Hall and Bayle of Greeley county, who are pop- ulist candidates. The other nominated Gardner of Blaine and Hall of Valley county. Thompson and Bayle were nominated by a vote of 21 to 19. HON. FRANK DAWES ON POPULISM. Kansas R Linco ublican Leader Ta n to a Large C LINCOLN, Oct. 10.—(Special Telegram.)— Hoh. Frank B. Dawes, attorney general of Kansas, addressed a republican rally tonight at the Funke opera house. There was an immense turnout, and the speaker held the attention of the audience until a late hour. The speaker gave a vivid history of the rise and fall of populism In Kansas, end com- pared it in many respects to the Nebraska article. He claimed that its original found- ers were southern copperheads, who worked in the organization of the populist party through the honest members of the farm- ers’ alliance. In Kansas, he said, the people had killed and buried populism, and in Ne- braska they are, trom what information he could gather, preparing to attend a similar funeral. For the laboring man he claimed the republican party has been his best friend in office or out, and the workingmen all over the country now realized the fact. ku at w. Lively Week nt Valentine. VALENTINE, Neb., Oct. 10.—(Special Tel- egram.)—This_has been a lively week for Valentine. The town has been crowded with people from all parts of the country. District court adjourned today, after a ses- sion of only four days. Yesterday and today there were horse rac- ing, foot racing and other sports. The Northwestern Live Stock association, cover- ing the eastern portion of Sheridan county, all of Cherry county and the western part of Brown county, held its meeting here today. This assoclation now has a membership of about 1,000 and represents at least 50,000 head of cattle. Its object Is the protection and advancement of the cattle interests of northwestern Nebraska. Its head office here- after will be at Valentine. W. H. Westover, candidate for district judge on the populist ticket, spoke here to- night. Two lnxe Near York. YORK, Neb., Oct. 10.—(Special.)—The home of N. M. George, a few milos from this place, was burned last evening. The cause of the fire was from an overturned lamp in the basement of the house. Before the flames could be extinguished the wholo house was in a blaze. Very little of the household goods were saved. The home of A. W. Pitches, near Houston, this county, was entirely destroyed by fire Monday evening. The conflagration was caused by the explosion of a lamp. The in- mates of the house barely escaped with their lives, for the rooms were instantly a mass of flames, and the efforts of the panic- stricken mother and children to save the con- tents were nearly futile. As there were no means of securing sufficient water at hand, the house was burned. There was but $150 insurance, Funeral of Mrs. FREMONT, Oct. 10.—(Special.)—The funeral of Mrs. J. W. Robinson was held this morning at the residence of her son, J. T. Robinson, Dr. D. K. Tindall of Grand Island officiating. At the request of the deceased the funeral was private, only the relatives and intimate friends of the family attending. A large number of people fol- lowed her remains to their last resting place in Ridge cemetery. e WORK ON WESTERN WATERWAYS. J. W. Robinson. Chief Engineer € Tour of . WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—General Craighill, hief of engineers, has returned to Wash- ington from « tour of inspettion of the river and harbor works in the upper Missis- sippi and Missouri valleys. He found tho gov- ernment projects there in a most gratifying state of progress, and the result of his ob- servations doubtless will serve to strengthen the hands of the western people in thelr application to congress for liberal appropria- tions to improve their great waterways, The works on the Missourl in particular have been pushed forward with remarkable speed by Colonel Suter, and, in General Craig- hill's estimation, present an unsurpassed ex- ample of successful engineering. In one stretch of eighteen miles in the neighborhood of St. Joseph, Mo., as a result of the im- provements, 55,000 acres of new land were deposited by the river, thus adding not only to the agricultural resources of that section, but by narrowing the river greatly im- proving navigation. In addition to this, the works have protected 13,000 acres of farm land from erosion. hes His ngs Cast ON. Majestically the great ocean gray hound leaves the dock and steams down the river outward bound. But are you, my dear, sir, prepared for the sea sickness almost always incident to a transatlantic trip, with the in- fallible stomachic, Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters? If not expect to suffer without aid. The Bitters is the staunch friend of all who travel by sea or land, emigrants, tourists, commercial travelers, mariners. It completely remedies nausea, biliousness, dyspepsia, rheu- matic twinges and inactivity of the kidneys. pe- | | | him have done. | l | He gave an explanation of a clew | rant’s rescue, CAUGHT DURRANT NAPPING During Oross Examination He Lost His Seif- Possession, | STORY WHICH WAS PALPABLY UNTRUE After m Slight Recess of Court Accused Regnined His Wont * to Con- the SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.—Under the rigid cross-examination of District Attorney Barnes Theodore Durrant today did more to himself of the murder of Blanche than any of the against The young a convict Lamont witne tant Sunday school superintendent went even further tha that, proved of most casual listener that he was deliberately perjuring himself. wwers directly in conflict with well lished facts and changed his replies he realized that he was on dangerous gronnd regarding Blanche Lamont's disappearance, said to have been recelved by him, that was so palpably a falselood that everybody in the court room laughed aloud. The stifiing atmosphere the overcrowd court room came to Dur- 1 he was enabled to recover from his confusion during the short recess that followed. When he again came to the stand he remained calm during the most tr: ing ordeals. The prosecution was, less, well satisfied with the day’s work, for it and to the satisfaction estab- when had accomplished what had never been done | before—Durrant for a moment had lost his wonderful self-possession and had been caught in a number of barefaced untruths. LOST HIS BEARI P The maze in which Durrant lost his bear- ings was in telling about the afternoon he spent at the ferries waiting to see if Blanche Lamont would not appear. Two days before the body of the young woman was discovered Durrant said that as he was standing at the corner of Market and Montgomery streats a stranger approached him and asked If his name was not Durrant. The stranger then asked Durrant if, in view of the fict that his name had been unpleasantly connected with the disappearance of the girl, he would not like to find her. Durrant replied that he would be overjoyed even to obtain a trace of the missing girl. “Watch the ferriea then this afternoon,” said the stranger. “She will try to cross the bay. That is my advice.” He did not ask the stranger his name, his residence, or for any additional information. He went to lun- cheon and from there to the ferries, where he remained until § o'clock, not having caught a glimpse of the missing girl. While he was waiting, however, he saw three med- ical students and an old schoolmate. One of these men already testified that he saw Durrant accost a school girl whose descriptl answered that of Minnie Willlams, who w murdered that night, and ride away toward the mission on a Howard street ca Mr. Barnes asked him if he told anybody else of the clew given by the stranger, so they could continue the search. Durrant said that he had had no opportunity to tell any of Miss Lamont's friends. When ques tioned closely Durrant admitted that he at- tended a meeting of the Young People's so- clety the same evening, where he saw sever: of Miss Lamont's intimate friends. Am others was Thomas Vogel, whom Durrant had sald a moment before was more interested in the disappearance of the young woman than anybody else, except Mrs. Noble, her aunt. Durrant admitted that he had a pri- vate conversation with Vogel, but did not think to tell him about the clew he had ob- tained. SPRUNG A SURPRISE. After a short recess, durlng which Durrant recovered his composure, a surprise was sprung on him in the hope that it might dis- concert him. After asking Durrant if he had cver made a written statement of his where- abouts on the day Blanche Lamont was mur- dered and receiving an affirmative reply, District Attorney Barnes asked the following question: “Is it not a fact that you sent a written statement of your case to your attor- neys and wrote on the envelope: ‘To be opened if I am convicted and to be returned if I am acquitted?’ The excltement caused by the question was intense. In the hum of voices Durrant’s an- swer was lost, and the stenographer was asked to read the reply, “I never sent an envelope to my attorneys bearing such an inscription,” said he. Durrant was questioned at length regarding the communication and the significant in- scription on the envelope, but he denied that he sent such a document. Durrant was next shown the various gar- ments worn by Blanche Lamont and asked it ho had secreted them In the belfry where they were found. He identified the pleces of clothing as the ones worn by Miss Lamont on the day of her death, but said he did not hide them in the church. Durrant’s strong nerves were tested by a number of questions relative to the last time he saw Miss Lamont, but he stuck to his former statements on that point. HUSBAND WEN Refused to Rend All the Evidence in the Durrant Caxe. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.—Mrs. Susic Rogers, wife of Philip Rogers, has disap- peared. Her husband has been searching for her for the past three weeks and now be- lieves that he has located his missing wife in Warsaw, Wis. Mr. Rogers is a well-to-do citizen who has many friends in Oakland. He Is certain that the Durrant caze had some thing to do with the wreck of his home. Mrs. Rogers was very much interested in the case and could not let a day pass without hearing the testimony. She compelled her huzband to sit down every morning and read to her the full report of the trial. Rogers waded through the testimony for days just to please his wife. Sometimes it would take nearly half a day to complete his task. But with undaunted heroism he struggied on, de- termined to please his wife even at the ex- pense of his business. At last endurance was no longer equal to the task and Rogers deliberately went on strike and declarsd that he would not read the stenographic reports any more. He was willing to compromise on an amicable basis and read the Introduction to the trial each day, but this did not satisfy Mrs. Roger: Sbe wanted to hear the whole case or nothin The husband was fiem, however, and would not yield, so there was a disagreement and Mrs. Rogers went away. “I am not going to search for her any more,” said Mr. Rogers. “I gave her as good a home as is enjoyed by any woman in this clty and still she was not satisfled. If sho wants to remain in Warsaw, where I believe she is, she can do so. It seems hard, though, to lose a wife with whom you have lived for eleven years, “I pity any husband who is compelled to read the entire Durrant case to his wife. His life is certainly made miserable, because mine was when I found that I had to read the trial as a matter of duty. I have given notice that I will not be responsible for any debts con- tracted by my wife. If she desires to return home she is at liberty to do so, and I will support her in first class style. But I will not consent to read that Durrant case from beginning to end cach day as a compromise. If she wants to come home and spend her time in reading the Durrant case she can do 0. I have no objections to her reading tha case, but I do protest against being made her slave in the matter.” MILWAUKEE, Oct. 10.—A special to the Wisconsin from Wausau, Wis., says: Ef- forts to locate the Mrs. Rogers referred to in the San Francisco dispatches were unavailing today, but it is believed that she is in the city, as inquirles for mail for that address have been made at the postoffice, — e Unknown Man Murdered and Robhed. PITTSBURG, Oct. 10.—An unknown man W murdered and robbed at Bower Hill, near here, last night under circumstances which are yet a mystery. Passengers on an accommodation train this morning discov- ered the body lying near the track. An ex- amination showed that he had been shot through the head and his pockets rifled. The murder occurred where a gang of tramps had been camping. The victlin appeared to be about 40 yesars of age, but there was no means of identifying him. Detectives are at work on the case. ON A STRIKE. o | miners in demanding the Several times he gave an- | of | | neverthe- | POSED “HE& CONVICT LAROR. Strong Position Taken hy the Niinols State Foderntion. PEORIA, Oc. MrAt the meeting of the State Federation ot Labor this morning fifty- four delegates were present, which is one- fifth of the number expected, The comm t labor presented a report denouncing commerce In the products ut state prisons, and asking wnfons of other states to secure the abolishment of the ce | tract system In favor of employing convicts in making materials for good roads, and ask- ee oh Gonv | factvre of such goods ard product | consumed by the various state A report was recomtitted for ¢ | gar makers for opposing a ce the legislature A telegram was ordered sent to Governor d asking respite for Lyons, sentenced hanged at Chicago temorrow | Resolutions were adopted against allowing | musiciane in the employ of the United 8 | kovernment to come into competition with | civillans; endorsing the action of Peoria restoration of the wale of ; _disapproving the decision of tho American’ Federation of Labor executive board in favor of secoders from the Brother. lood of Painters and Decorators and demand | Ing investigation of the matter; boycotting | the German ready made pages and plate mat- ter of John Simon & Co. of Chicago. A_resolution was reported declaring that E. V. Debs was unjustly condemned to im- prisonment, being sent there without trial by Jury, and extending sympathy to hi s0 far as the methods employed by Judge Woods had caused the incarccration, but “not en dorsing the warfare being waged by Mr. Debs minst trads unionism generally and the various rallroad brotherhoods in pa feular, and callin upon him to cease stab at t means that | used by the wage workers to better their con- | dition.” This tracted both ve violently eritic the resoluti | Ing substi “And w Debs_ se ns m ain bill before resolution discussion, highly drew out a redhot, during which Debs nd warmly eulogized and d and denounced. Finally n was adopted with the follow- at r the latter part of it express the hope that when Mr. ures his liberty he will give his pro- was vnlon movement of America, because we be- lievo that the solution of great economi- cal problems which we are pressing for solu- tion ecannot be had without the upholding along the lines which respect the autonom of each in the settlement of its own trade affal A resolution was adopted in label on conviet made goods. An assessment of 1 per cent per per capita was ordered on unions represented directly for legislative work. A report was adopted endorsing Frof. Bemis, late of Chi- cago university, LOW WATER IN THE OHIO VALLE favor of a River Transportat tirely Cenned. PITTSBURG, Oct. 10.—For two months a severo drouth has reigned west of the Alle- gheny mountains. The drouth extends over western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, almost the entire state of Ohfo and in parts of In- diana. In all except the last named state there has been a remarkable deficlency in rainfall according to the figures of the Pitts- burg weather station. Local Forecaster 0. D. Stewart says that up to date the total dsficiency in rainfall since the beginning of the year has been 9.08 inches. Since April 20 there has been no coal stage on the Monongahela river. Not a bushel of coal has passed south since that month, wrd 8,000 miners in the river pits have been idle almost the entire period. All the boats and barges are loaded and 20,000,- 000 bushels of conl ‘Have been waiting three months tor . higher., water on which (o go south., ; At many points raflroads are being forced to haul water for théir engines. The Ohio river Is so low at.East Liverpool that the influsnt pipes are bare and the supply is scarcely sufficient'to supply domestic require- ments In the town, some of whose establish- ments are idle this week. Nine-tenths of the small towns have been strictly limited to thel consumption of water by pelice regulations.. A large number of towns have cut off shops and mills. In Law- rence, Mercer and adjoining counties, farm- ers are selling thelr stock because of the difficulty in keeping eattle watered. In all of the flelds surrounding Pittsburg the worlc of drilling mew welis has been greatly interfered with for a month past on account of the scarcity of water. So great Nas this become in some sections as to cause a practically complete suspension of opera- tions, Has Almost En- sSHOnRT N HIS AcCcou to Griet ering. Pulse, is a 1linois Postn Through CHICAGO, Oct. postmaster at 10. Glen Irvi the de- g E. Ellyn, his friends. Repayment to the government did not save Pulse from arrest. He was brought before United States Commissioner Humphrey and gave a $1,000 bond to the present grand jury, The department at Washington notified Captain J. E. Stuart that Pulse was wrong in his accounts. In- spector Gould dikcovered Pulse was $1,000 short in his money order account, and the arrest followed. Pulse was appointed post- master a year ago. e RA INTO A ROUP OF GIRLS. Chicago Railr Yards, CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—A work train on the Panhandle railroad last night ran into a group of three little girls picking up coal in the yards at Thirty-clghth street. The in- ured: e Kimis years old, Internal in- juries, right arm, left leg and nose broken; will die. BEmma Kummer, 12 vears old, scalp wound and bruises; may’ recover. E. Francis Kummer, 10 years old, slight bruises; will recover. i B U Movers Kidnap a Litde 1. LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct. 10.—Deputy Sherift Bowman of Jefferson county arrived in Lawrence last night. having in custody a party of movers charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl named Etta Radcliffe, near ‘Tonganoxie, yesterday morning. Etta was on her way to school and the movers tried to persuade her to go with them. She re- of the teams for seven miles. The party took dinner at a school house near here, and when they wore ready to start on the girl niixed with the school children and got away. She returned home this afternoon. Officers promptly triicked the movers through Lawrence and found* them last night, bring- ing them back here to jail ————— Severe Fire in Australin, ADELAIDE, South Australla, Oct. 10.—A Qlispatch recelved 'Hers today from Colgardie, the center of the new gold fields, announce that a whole bl of buildings there, an Bayley street, was burned yesterday by a fire which was starfgd through the upsetting of a lamp. It is ésfimated that the damage done will amouat o $1,250,000. ing the employment of conviets ip the manu- | splendid efforts to the upholding of the trades | month | faulter to the government to the extent of | $1,000. The amount has been made good by | Another Deplorable Accident in the | fused, and they compelled her to walk ahead | "RIDAY, OCTOBER 1 MAJOR ARMES IS A FREE MAN! |Judeo Bradley Summarily Dismisses the | Case Against Him, | JUDGE ADVOCATE WILL TAKE AN APPEAL Co in | o duct of Gemeral Schofield Mering His Arrest Ceitleised in Scathing Longuage District Justice, WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Judge Bradiey of | | the district supreme court today ordered the | discharge from custody of Major Geerge A. | Armes, who was arrested on the order of Lieutenant General Schofield, just prior to the lattor's retirement from conimand of the army, for having written him an insulting le Judge Bradley ed the action of the late geueral of the army, characterizing it as unlawful, tyrannical capriciow In Alscharging Major Armes, whose arrost and confinement General Schofield had or dered by virtue of his position as acting sec- | retary of war, Judge Dradley says he | and taking of Armes into custody, carrying him away from his home to bar- | and holding him in close arrest with- | ntecede of crime preferred again was unjuet, unlaw- arbitrary, tyra 1 and capricious on part of Gencral Schofi in what : acted, whether acting as lic of war., ful, the The went into the matter at and said: ““No charg» Armes at the time of usation of crime has been confinement since his ar- easary. The arrest and confine- ment were unnccessary and oppressive. As the offense charged would, upon substantia- | tion, result only in reprimand, suspension or | dismisval, the possession of the body of the sed was not necessary to carry out the harges, as would have been the case if im prisonment or death was to be the senten Speaking of the president’s power in army | matters, the judge said: *The president of the United Siates Is commander-in-chief of the officers of the army on the retired I This function of the chief executive, ho ever, is unaccompanied by harrowing care or weighty responsibility. His title of com- mander-in-chief, so far as it relates to re- | tired officers, ia shorn of all power to im- | pose duties, and appears to be an empty | name considerable preferr length, 1 against no a . and n, RIGHT OF COURT MARTIAL. Judge Bradley in his opinion expressly recognized the right to court martial a r army o r by saying: ‘‘By scction the Revised Statutes of the United Stafes, lie is ‘subject to the rules and articles of war | and to trial by court martial for any bre thereof,’ " and he declares that arrest | not essential to a court martial. Speaking of | the letter written to General Schofield by | Armes, he cited the article of war relative to | complaints by officers and men and sal | “This was a personal and private communi- caton to that officer. It makes grave | eharges of persccution, injustice, wrong, and unjust and improper official action by Gen- oral Schofield to the petitioner. If these charges were true, would their making be conduct unbecoming an officer and gentle:nan or conduct prejudicial to general good order and military discipline? If the petitioner be- leved or thought that they were well founded { would it be such conduct? * & * Tg it held that an officer in active service may lawfully seek redress from the commanding officer of his regiment whom he thinks has wronged him, and that a common soldier may la fully complain of an officer if he thinks him- self wronged by him, but a retired officer, out of active: service, engaged in the pursuits of civil life, cannot complain to the general com- manding the army of wrongs that he thinks or believes that general has inflicted upon him, without being subject to summary ar- rest and incarceration and ultimate trial by court martial? If so, then there is a rigld unwritten discrimination against such an of- flcer that shovld receive early attention and righting from our national legislature.” The War department officials were natur- ally much disappointed and chagrined at the decision of Judge Bradley in the Armes case. Secretary Lamont refused to say what his purpose was, but it is inferred, in view of the breadth of the decision, that no attempt will be made to try the captain by court mar- tial, pending the action of the appellate court upoil the appeal noted today. The case has outgrown its original importance, in view of the court’s action today, and now becomes of absorbing Interest to all of the army, in- volving, as it is said to do, the whole question of the amenfability of refired officers to dis- cipline. TAY was IVE GERMANY AN OPEN PORT. Chinn Expressing Her G a Fancled Act of Friendship. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The German | trado interests in east Asia form the subject of an interesting report to the State depart- nent by United States Consul Stephen at Arvaburg, Germany. He says by the Chi- nesc-Japancee war and the action of Germany in the settlement between tne two countriss the atteation of German merctants has been drawn more than heretofore to the emplr of eastern Asfu. There are already Indica- ticns that the German intervention will bear good fruit for its trade. It is already clalmed that German interests in the east are grow- ing and in commercial circles there is great sat'sfaction over the presence of a German squadron for the protect'on of the interests of that country. Now, the consul reports, comes a movement for the taking advantige of the present favorable disposition of China toward Germany to secure a port as com- persation for the latter's active intervention in China’s favor, such as the English possess in Horg Kong, 1t can easily ba seen that by the cession of a port a foothold of the greatest importance would be obtained for the trade and Influence of Germany and a new period in the growth of that natfon's commercial interests in the east would be the result. The consul gives copious figures to illustrate the presont magnitude of this German trade with China and its growth as compared with the Japanese trade. atl for News for the Army. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—(Special gram.)—First Lieutenant Clarence R. wards, Twenty-third infantry, has granted leave for one month, Colonel George H. Mendell, engineer corps, will be retired on account of age on Satur- day next. This will cause the following pro- motions by seniority of rank: Lieutenant Charles R. Suter to be colonel and Major Andrew N. Damrell to be lieutenant colonel. No promotions have yet been made to fill the vacancy in the grade of major, resulting from the recent death of Colonel Orlando M Poe, and the consequent p Tele- 2d- been Town Postmn 4 WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—(Special Tele- gram.)—J. R. Pollock was today appointed postmaster at Wiota, Cass county, Ia., viee L. M. Lalman, resigned. Dr. Samuel Phelps was today appointed an examining surgeon for the pension bureau at Aberdeen, S. 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